How much do you know about Sonata Form. Read all about this musical structure here.
Facts About Sonata Form
Facts About Rondo Form
Want to know more about different musical structures that you could use for your composition? This post is about the Rondo Form musical structure.
Facts About Binary Form
Want to know more about different musical structures that you could use for your composition? This post is about the Binary Form musical structure.
Music Book Review for Older Children/Adults: The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable
A review of the book The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable.
Facts About Theme and Variations Structure
The first in a new series of Facts About…. posts, this time about different musical structures. This post is about the Theme and Variations musical structure.
Music Book Review: FIRST DISCOVERY MUSIC: Claude Debussy by Pierre Babin
A review of the book FIRST DISCOVERY MUSIC: Claude Debussy written by Pierre Babin and illustrated by Charlotte Voake..
Interview with Craig McLeish, Musical Director for Young Voices
An interview with the Musical Director of Young Voices, Craig McLeish all about the process involved in writing and arranging the music for Young Voices each year; what he enjoys most about Young Voices; and about the experience your child will have if they take part.
Facts About The Choir
What is a choir? Who sings in the choir? When did the first choirs start forming? Read on for the answer to these and more questions.
Music Book Review: Where Are All The Black Female Composers
A review of the fabulous book Where Are All The Black Female Composers by Nathan Holder, featuring the Why Squad of Musical Explorers.
Facts About The Orchestra
In my series of posts about different musical instruments, I have, over time, managed to cover most of the most common instruments that feature in Western music - those instruments that your children are most likely to be learning to play, or to come across in some way during their time in education at least.... Continue Reading →
Music Book Review: Playlist – The Rebels and Revolutionaries of Sound by James Rhodes
A review of the book Playlist - The Rebels and Revolutionaries of Sound by James Rhodes.
Composer of the Month: Finding Inspiration as a Composer; Holst’s The Planets Suite
Where do composers find their inspiration? I look at this question briefly together with the inspiration behind one of Gustav Holst’s most famous pieces of music, The Planets Suite.
Music Book Review: Why Beethoven Threw The Stew by Steven Isserlis
A review of this fantastic and fun book about music history and the lives of 6 Composers of Classical Music.
Composer of the Month – Nina Simone – Factfile
This post gives you a fact file for March 2023's Composer of the Month - Nina Simone.
Composer of the Month – Beethoven – Factfile
This post gives you a fact file for February 2023's Composer of the Month - Ludwig van Beethoven.
Composer of the Month – Mozart – Factfile
This post gives you some a little fact file for January 2023's Composer of the Month - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
New Feature for 2023- Composer of the Month
A quick introduction to a new feature on the blog- Composer of the month.
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